Every week, the European Union (EU) updates its map of “safe countries” for travel during the coronavirus pandemic, and considering the increase in the number of newly infected in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), there is a good chance that we will not be on the map that will be updated today.
“Safe countries” are those that have up to 75 infected per 100.000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, and according to the latest data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs from 7 days ago, BiH has more than 200 infected per 100.000 inhabitants, which means it definitely does not meet the most important condition of the EU for travel to member countries of the alliance.
Today, the ambassadors of the EU member states will vote for a new proposal for the list of “safe countries” made by Slovenia, and according to Radio Free Europe from diplomatic sources in Brussels, BiH will lose a safe country status.
Earlier in September, all countries in the region gradually lost this status, which means that citizens of the region (and soon BiH) can no longer travel to the EU without an important reason, ie restrictions on tourist travel have been returned.
Restrictions on travel for third-country nationals were introduced by the EU in the spring of 2020 during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and their aim was to reduce the spread of the infection, Klix.ba writes.
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